British Grand Prix
Sainz investigation, British GP 2021no further action for re-joining the track unsafely
OutcomeNo further action
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged re-joining the track in an unsafe manner in turn 7.
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz) and team representative and reviewed video and telemetry evidence. After being contacted by Russell, Sainz left the track at turn 6 and crossed the asphalt runoff area onto the grass. From there, Sainz crossed the grass at speed and eventually regained the track in turn 7 as a group of cars went through the turn. Gasly took evasive acti… full reasoning ↗
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